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Obol
| Issuer | Allifae |
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| Year | 325 BC - 275 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Old Italics |
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| Reverse script | Old Italics |
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Allifae was a Samnite town in the Telesinus valley, and its coinage — produced during the period of the Samnite Wars against Rome — is among the most sparsely documented of any central Italian mint. The attribution to Allifae itself rests on find-spot evidence and die-link analysis rather than any explicit ethnic legend, making the HN Italy sequence for this type partly inferential.
At under half a gram, these obols circulated in a regional economy with minimal monetization, likely serving small transaction needs during a period when Rome had not yet imposed monetary uniformity on the interior.